CBS Evening News - 2003-02-28
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[0:03] Tonight's headlines, suspicious
[0:05] movements by Iraqi warplanes. Blitz
[0:08] calls Iraqi missile concession
[0:10] significant. US says not good enough.
[0:14] The last moments of the Colombia crew
[0:17] captured on tape. Also tonight, the FDA
[0:21] says the label should warn you that the
[0:23] diet supplement Ephedra could kill you.
[0:26] A Friday consumer alert about a credit
[0:29] card offer you should refuse. And
[0:32] couples call to serve. Military mothers
[0:36] and fathers leave their children behind
[0:38] for war duty in the Persian Gulf.
[0:46] This is the CBS Evening News with Dan
[0:49] Rather reporting from CBS News
[0:51] headquarters in New York.
[0:53] >> Good evening. There are increasing
[0:55] indications tonight Saddam Hussein may
[0:57] be playing a two-prong strategy to try
[0:59] to save his regime and himself. The
[1:02] Iraqi dictator is still trying to head
[1:04] off or at the very least delay the
[1:06] US-led momentum toward war. But there
[1:09] are growing signs that if war seems
[1:11] unavoidable, Saddam might try a first
[1:13] strike offensive by aiming a deadly blow
[1:16] against US forces massing for invasion.
[1:19] CBS News national security correspondent
[1:21] David Martin has been tracking those
[1:23] signs and putting two and two together.
[1:26] Here's how it adds up. Three times in
[1:29] the past week, Iraqi MiGs have violated
[1:31] the no-fly zone by flying deeper and
[1:34] deeper into southern Iraq. In one case,
[1:36] going all the way to Saudi Arabia and
[1:39] actually into Saudi airspace. American
[1:42] aircraft tracked the MiGs, but never got
[1:44] in range to fire a shot. The Pentagon is
[1:47] not sure what the Iraqis are up to, but
[1:49] one explanation is that they are